• Mighty@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    As a kid, the Olympics was a fun thing to look forward to. Now whenever I see my city/country applying for anything similar, I’m up in arms

    • iByteABit [he/him]@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      It used to be something good back in ancient Greece, before we had the need to make a supershow out of fucking everything and each time trying to one up the last in pyrotechnics and gimmicks

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        1 year ago

        It might have been badly worded by me. I know that the Olympics were bad when I was young. I was just naive

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      1 year ago

      I think London 2012 may have been the only Olympics in my lifetime that wasnt some kind of humanitarian travesty.